Main Points:
  • Part of Hitler's plan to seize Poland and later invade Russia
  • Hitler was encouraged by British weakness and lack of resolve to continue policy of aggression
  • Hitler was encouraged by Soviet support to continue policy of aggression

The Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 = The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact



Resources:
http://www.johndclare.net/RoadtoWWII8.htm